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*    sorts: ulelef-odĩ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] “dumb

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*    ant-hill”: an ant-hill without a

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*    “cap” or top; ulelefe n-ɔrhu‿

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*    ɛrhu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “capped ant-hill”;

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*    the top or cap is shaped like an

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*    umbrella.

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*ulɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] running away; cf. [ / ].

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*ulɛko [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a charm with a bell

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*    attached to it, worn round the

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*    neck by pregnant women; it is

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*    worn during the whole day, but

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*    is especially important at meals;

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*    thus the child in the womb is

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*    made to partake of the food; it

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*    also prevents miscarriage; cf.

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*    la [ ˥ ] (?), ɛko [ ˩ \ ].

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*ulɛmɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] idiomatic word for a

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*    special sort of calabash used for

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*    drinking palm-wine by the old

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*    people (young people drink out

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*    of tumblers), and by wine-

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*    tappers for scooping the wine

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*    out of the big clay wine-pot

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*    (ax-anyɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ], v. axe [ ˩ ˥ ]); same

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*    as ope [ ˥ ˩ ].

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*uloko [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] the Iroko tree, Chloro-

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*    phora excelsa; gives good timber;

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*    it is said to produce the tsetse-

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*    fly; uloko n-Enyaɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] the

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*    Iroko tree of Enyae, a meeting-

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*    place for witches, but other Iroko

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*    trees have the same repute; cf.

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*    Yor. iroko [ ˩ / ˩ ]; v. isi [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*ulɔka [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] corn-cake: maize is

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*    fried in a pan, then pounded or

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*    ground, and finally baked; cf.

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*     [ ˥ ], ɔka [ ˥ ˩ ].

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*ulɔʋ̃a [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] (1) stopping of passers-

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*    by near a place where secret

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*    ceremonies are performed, as

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*    done e.g. by a rope and “bull-

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*    roaring” (Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ]-society),

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*    “bull-roaring” alone (Ɔxwahɛ

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*    [ ˩ / ˩ ]), or by people armed with

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*    whips (at some ugie [ ˩ ˩ ]).

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*    (2) secret performance (at Ɔvia

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